The American Archive of Marina and Anastasia Tsvetaeva

Dr. Molly Blasing, Associate Professor of Russian Studies in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Kentucky, tells the story of the American Archive of Marina and Anastasia Tsvetaeva. One of the largest collections on the authors in the world outside of Russia and the most comprehensive in North America, the archive comprises hundreds of scholarly and rare books on the Tsvetaev family, countless research materials related to the sisters’ work and literary legacies, as well as more than a dozen personal items belonging to Anastasia Tsvetaeva. Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) is widely regarded as one of the most important Russian poets of the 20th century. Her younger sister Anastasia (1894-1993) is best known for her voluminous memoirs about her early life in the waning days of Tsarist Russia.